face assault charges. the baltimore ravens released ray rice after he was accepted into a diversion program for similar charges. the carolina panthers greg hardy is also accused of domestic abuse. adrian peterson with the minnesota vikings was arrested on child abuse charges. >> the same mistakes can never be repeated. we will do whatever it is necessary to ensure that we are thorough in our review process and that our conclusions are reliable. >> goodell said he is also establishing a conduct committee for the league to hold players accountable for their actions. we asked if he had any thoughts about resigning, goodell said he didn't and right now he's focused on doing his job the right way. live in the digital operation center, jacqueline london, nbc 10 news. baltimore ravens fans lined up outside m & t stadium to trade in their ray rice jerseys for another player of their

choice. take a look at this shot. hundreds if not thousands it of people waited outside as early as 4:00 a.m. the ray rice jersey was the 28th best selling jersey last year. they released rice after a video surfaced of him knocking out his then fiance jenay palmer. to minutes of nonstop news continues with local connections to this exconvict. police say he murdered his daughter and six grand children in florida before then killing himself. nbc 10 brought you this family massacre story from bell, florida as breaking news last night at 11:00. >> nbc 10's ted greenberg has been examining the shooter's new jersey connections. >> what have you learned. >> reporter: keith and ra yay, i talked with a family member less than an hour ago. donald spirit grew up in this hampton county community. his mother and sister-in-law are still here. as you can imagine, they are in

absolute shock. >> he loved his grandchildren. he loved them. this is something i cannot even explain. i don't have no explanation for this. i don't know what to say. >> reporter: a day after the massacre in bell, florida, stacey spirit can't comprehend why her 51-year-old brother-in-law donald spirit, would kill six of his grand children, his daughter and then himself. spirit was the oldest of eight children. they're natives of camden county, several relatives still live in south jersey. stacey told me she last spoke with donald about a week ago. >> any warning signs that this was coming? >> no, no, none at all. not at all. his mother is beside herself. it's hard. it's very hard. >> reporter: stacey spirit says donald was last here last year. she described that visit as wonderful.ç live in lindenwold, i'm ted greenberg, nbc 10 news. nbc 10 news were in the air and on the ground overnight as a

warehouse erupted into an inferno. >> three people were injured in this fire in west kensington, including two firefighters. we're asking about what started the fire. cydney long live on the scene this afternoon. >> what's the latest, what do you know? >> keith and renee, all indications are that someone had access to that vacant building early this morning. you can see right now it is a complete loss as fire crews are out here continued to saturate this site full of rubble. they tell us there are still little fires burning underneath. exactly who or what caused the fire to ignite, it could take days to determine. the fire marshall does want to interview that person that was running from that scene here this morning. massive blaze that lit up the night sky over 29400 block of american street took an hour and a half to extinguish with some 120 fire personnel and 33 pieces of equipment.

winds helped to fuel those flames. it was also fueled by the paper inside of that operational business. the intense smoke forced the closure of two area k through 8 schools, william mckinley and john welsh. those students were turn back and sent home. today, the fire department continued to put out the smoldering hot spots and l & i delivered an excavator to the site to bring down some of the walls. it will have to be completely extinguished and structurally sound before investigators can zero in on a cause. residents have theories of their own. >> as i looked at it there were bloody footprints. >> what does it say to you? >> whoever did that got cut, trying to get out, probably a crack head or something was inside a budding, burned the thing down, came out running. >> the philadelphia fire commissioner's office tells me both firefighters who were injured are feeling well, they

did suffer minor injuries and were treated and released from the hospital. we are asking the mayor's office how many vacant buildings exist in philadelphia and what they're doing to keep them secure. we'll have that part of the story coming up at 4:30. live in kensington, i'm sidly long, nbc 10 news. happening now an all-out search for the man wanted for ambushing two pennsylvania state troopers one week ago tonight, killing one of them. hundreds of digital billboards in pennsylvania and in five other states show the man they're trying to track down. eric frein is on the fbi's ten most wanted list. community in northwestern pennsylvania remain on edge as the police search for frein. >> liu ann cahn, have police learned anything new about the suspect or his whereabouts.

>> reporter: this such has been going on for seven days. this is the first day there has not been a police press conference. police were in the neighborhood behind me. this is the neighborhood where eric frein grew up. >> it was scary. i couldn't get home last night because they had the commune in the lockdown. >> just moments later, shirley abuso's barrett township neighborhood was under lockdown again. they came back with dogs and lined the street for renewed search. they're going back over the area where they received a tip last night that someone spotted 31-year-old eric frein. >> do you think he's still around? in. >> debatable, being an expert on the outdoors, he's also a survivalist. he could very well be sitting right there. >> reporter: he didn't want to give me his name but said he's known frein since he was 10 years old. he said it seems unreal that the quiet kid from around the corner is now on the fbi's most wanted

list. >> he toldç me one time, i'm really good with a rifle and i'm on the rifle team in high school. >> reporter: frein is believed to have had an ak-47 and .308 big game hunting rifle when police say he ambushed, shot and killed state police corporal bryon dickson and wounded alex douglass on september 12th. >> very sad for the parents. i know it must be very difficult for them. you know, for something like this. you don't expect your children to turn into a murderer, you know, that's quite difficult to handle. >> reporter: this is a small community where everyone knows each other. they know that freins as good neighbors. they were not at their home today. lu ann cahn, nbc 10 news. >> count on nbc 10 news to bring you new information. as soon as police uncover new

details we'll pass them along to you. to this now, president barack obama calls the problem of sexual assault on college campuses an affront to our basic humanity. the president and vice president unveiled a new campaign to change the way people think about it. >> take the pledge. >> it's on us, all of us. >> before it happened. >> do not blame the victim. >> it includes a public service announcement you just saw featuring the president, the vice president, other celebrities telling viewers they have a responsibility to stop sexual assault. it encourages people on campus to make sure friends are safe and to interview before an assault happens. the president says the campaign is sorely needed. >> sports league to pop culture to politics, our society still does not sufficiently value women. we still don't condemn sexual sa salt as loudly as we should. we make excuses, look the other way.

the message that sends can have a chilling effect on other women. >> they have partnered with the ncaa, student leaders at colleges and a variety of businesses. in the meantime, crime concerns lead to controversy on a local campus. >> students say college leaders just aren't doing enough. nbc 10 delaware bureau reporter tim furlong live at the university of delaware in newark. >> tim, why are the students staging their protest there? >> this really isn't about criminal allegations or sexual harassment allegations specifically. many of the students and faculty members are upset because they think the university needs to be much more transparent when a serious concern is raised by a tune. yes, there was one specific case that got people here fired up. >> he asked her for sexual favor in exchange for an "a." >> reporter: this doctor says she has worked closely with a former u of d student in a case against professor eric tramby. tramby is no longer teaches classes here.

dr. leon thinks she and the accuser have a right to know how it all ended. >> we were no longer involved in what happened. we were no longer informed. >> reporter: in the last couple days, the student newspaper covered the story and hinted 9 university is trying to keep the case low key. the school denied that in an e-mail to all students. the school followed its own policies to the letter. there was no cover-up or hiding the case. he said they couldn't and still can't discuss tramby's case. >> i understand the concerns about institutional silence but there is an important distinction to be made between observing your policies, protecting people's privacy as part of the process and sweeping things under the rug as an institution. >> reporter: and back live on the u of d campus in newark, i did try unsuccessfully to:í>ñ r eric tramby. i wanted to get his side of the story. there are no criminal charges involved here. the only thing the school will

say is he's no longer teaching here. live in newark, tim furlong, nbc 10 news. thank you, çtim. from sky force 10, damage at a dunkin' donuts. a winslow township police car slams into the building after colliding with another car. the officer suffered minor injuries, no one else was hurt but it is safe to say, it certainly startled everyone in the store. philadelphia police are looking for two suspects who robbed a georgia's pizza in oh, ford circle. they were last seen on oxford near roosevelt boulevard. from our delaware bureau, a lewis woman was arrested for allegedly driving drunk for the fourth time in five years. state police say jeanne steiner veered off the road. steiner was treated for

nonlife-threatening injuries and then taking into custody at the women's correctional institute in new castle. police in new castle county are warning residents about attempted break-ins in okessin. in both cases they got away with nothing. police say your best offense here is to keep your windows, your doors locked and call them if you see anything suspicious. new developments in the u.s. effort to stop isis. the pentagon warned today it could take at least a year to get a ground war going against isis in its home base of syria. >> france became the first coalition nation beside the u.s. to launch air strikes on isis. nbc 10 national correspondent steve handelsman has the details from washington. two jets took off from the french base near dubai, refuelled in midair and bombed isis ammo and fuel depots in northern iraq. the first air strikes by another

coalition nation. france opposed the iraq war in 2003. today the french join the u.s. in the war on isis. >> they're saying this one is okay, guys, this time around, we believe in what is being done. >> despite secretary of state kerry's efforts today at the united nations to get more nations to do more, two big u.s. allies have refused to conduct missions or send troops. >> they have to be a nato ally but they don't behave like an ally. >> the saudis stick their toe in the water but they're not all in yet. >> moderate syrian rebels that congress voted last night to support cannot fight isis until late next year. first they have to be assembled and each approved, three to five months. >> there will be a period of 8 to 12 months of actual training and feeding. it will be a little while. >> by then, could isis launch attacks on the u.s. homeland.

one expert told congress maybe. >> we know the intent is there and just because we don't think they have the ability to attack us in a catastrophic way right now in the west doesn't mean they won't be able to in the near future. >> prevention, most agree, means destroying isis in iraq and syria. >> u.s. air strikes? syria already approved by ed by president obama could come at any time. i'm steve handelsman, nbc news, washington. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. hundreds of tourists evacuated mexico's baja peninsula days after tropical storm odile hit the country as a category 3 hurricane. large areas of the mexican reer is the area are still without power and water. that was the strongest hurricane

to ever hit baja and now this one is going to miss to the west. now everybody's evacuating. all right. we have cloudy skies across part of the areas. we have temperatures that have been low but it will be a warmer likely to hit before the weekend is out, followed by a dry stretch by perhaps the end of next week, we'll be talking about how we need rain. right now there isn't any rain around despite the clouds. we have that east wind, keeping the temperature down. 71 degrees, humidity 51%. and we continue to be in the 60s in parts of the area. look at that, 66 in mt. holly, 65 in tron ten. 68 in millville. a lot of places in the 60s this afternoon, some with the clouds. you can see in new jersey, burlington county getting quite a bit of that. even with sunshine, the

temperatures are down because of that wind coming in off the ocean. it's gusting up to 30 miles an hour. the only showers we see are down in delmarva. the next batch of showers way up near the canadian border near wisconsin. that will take a while to get here. we could see a couple of sprinkles coming in with that east flow overnight tonight and also again tomorrow night. but the main threat of showers comes later on sunday. watch what i'm talking about here. again, just some isolated light showers possible early. here comes the front. here come the showers. here's 8:00 sunday night and it's still just getting into the area. the best chance of any rain this weekend is after 6:00 or 7:00 sunday night. looks like it would most likely be dry for the eagles and then as we go into monday, it dries out.

well, for temple, pretty nice weather. warmer, high temperature up to 79 degrees and probably dry. the eagles, warmer than that on sunday afternoon. up to 84 degrees and a little bit of humidity. not exactly football weather. for tonight, we see mostly cloudy skies. not quite as cool as it's been the last couple of nights. tomorrow makes the clouds and sun, significantly warmer day. highs in the upper 70s to near 80 degrees. and then 84 degrees on sunday. summer officially ends monday evening. there goes the temperatures back down into the low 70s. watch what happens as we go through the week. we're talking about temperatures well below average. but also, a dry period. there will be a system to the south. if it stays south, we probably

won't get any rain all next week. and then we finally start to warm up again toward next weekend. the brand new iphone 6 now on sale. that is if you can get your hands on one. people lined up outside this apple store to get the new gadget. about 50 people were already in line shortly after midnight. and we checked in at the at&t store in bala cynwyd this afternoon. it looks thin, doesn't it? the new iphone, 6 and 6 plus had a record number of preorders. more than 4 million the first day. >> hopefully not too thin. wouldn't you hate that? that's every iphone owner's nightmare. this man was the first person to buy the new iphone in perth,

australia. he waited all night long and then dropped it when he opened the box. the man picked up the phone and said all good. we certainly hope so. ♪ >> big doings in glenn mills today.ç the glenn mills school marks its 125th anniversary as a parade made its way across campus. the glenn mills schoolhouses children sent there by the courts. it originally opened in philadelphia in 1828. speaking of schools, high hopes for higher education. >> really high. redefining the revel. atlantic city's tallest building and biggest casino failure may have a future that no one imagined. also, fan fever. the decorated racehorse that sprinted into so many hearts of

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build a second tower at revel to house some of the smartest people in the world. they'd work on global problems. at a bankruptcy hearing on monday, revel's lawyer says straub is the only bidder on the shuttered casino hotel. an auction will be held next week if another qualified bidder comes forward. completely different news. the phillfil phillie fanatic gi sneak peek of what competitors will face off against tomorrow. the head of the nfl says the mistakes of the past cannot be repeated. >> that is our top story on nbc 10 news today at 4:00. just in the last hour, commissioner roger goodell announced the league is partners with organizations to raise awareness and combat domestic violence.

comes on the heel of playoff scandals. >> also today, a clots closer l the inferno that devoured a vacant warehouse. glenn "hurricane" schwartz? >> i'm tracking a warmup for the last weekend of summer and also a chance of rain. i'll tell you if the wet weather is going to affect your outdoor plan. my exclusive nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. then coming up tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, evesham township is fining home owners more than $1,000 a die ensure homes look their best. we'll find out if the fine is working. this is nbc 10 news.

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this is nbc 10 news. >> right now at 4:30, nbc 10 cameras were there as the wall collapsed during an early morning warehouse inferno. in philadelphia's west kensington neighborhood. two firefighters and another person was injured. >> they believe the fire started at a neighboring property which was vabt. s cydney long joins us again. >> reporter: in the city of philadelphia, back in 2011 we know there were as many as 25,000 vacant or abandoned structures like this one. but we also learned that a majority of them were homes. now today the mayor's office tells me that only 360 vacant structures, large warehouse structures lake this one exist in the city of philadelphia

right now. greater than 5,000 square feet. but the onus falls on the security owner to secure and protect them. it was a massive fire, spread quickly by winds from a vacant building to a paper business next door that fire crews had no choice but to tacking by means of an exterior attack. >> we do a risk assessment on every fire where we determine if there's no life hazard. >> reporter: fire officials confirmed someone suffered burns over 80% of his body. that individual remains in critical condition at temple university hospital and with one business destroyed and two kensington schools shut down for the day -- >> this ain't nothing but another burnt empty building taking up space for where people could actually build something, create jobs for this neighborhood. >> reporter: we ask the mayor's office if it's a persistent

problem in the city, homeless or squatters, finding their way into an abandoned or unoccupyie building. >> reporter: they confirm they along with the fire department do routinely check vacant buildings. this one last secured in early march. >> it was sealed. it was vacant and there was no structural damage evident. >> reporter: still unclear if something changed between march and early this morning. back out here, still a very active scene. fire crews continue to saturate the rubble. they are moving debris to get to the small fires underneath.ç we are told the mifire marshall cannot access the site until it is secured. this particular building had gone into sheriff's sale with the city.

live in kensington, cydney long, nbc 10 news. >> thank you, sydney. a 13-year-old boy is charged with raping an 8-year-old girl. the victim's family contacted them last month and the teenage suspect turned him inself in yesterday. he's being held in a juvenile facility. two burlington county men are charged in the baseball bat attack of two gas station attendants during a robbery last year. dwayne labrew and johnson were taken into custody. it happened last october at the citgo station at levitt parkway. nfl commissioner roger goodell speaks out about the scandaled that have rocked the league. this afternoon he says the league was taking immediate action to prevent future problems. the nfl is also partnering with two domestic violence prevention groups.

we have new information about yesterday's family massacre in florida. police say donald spirit murdered his daughter and six grandchildren, then killed himself. today we learned spirit grew up in camden county and some of his relatives still live there. his sister-in-law tells nbc 10 she's shocked and can't explain what happened. the massive manhunt continues for the suspected gunman who killed a pennsylvania state troop and injured another. it's been one week since freese say eric frein ambushed the two troopers at the barracks in blooming grove. a protest at the university of delaware over a campus controversy. a former student says professor eric tramby asked her for sexual favors in exchange for an "a." tramby is no longer teaching classes but some students, professors say, the university

needs to be more transparent with how it handles accusations. the university says they're following policies. the men running for governor of pennsylvania square off in the first of three debates. democrat tom wolf is trying to unseat republican incumbent tom corbett. the third debate willing on october 8th in wilkinsburg, near pittsburgh. it all leads up to election day, november 4th. and the nbc 10 news team is getting warm you had for for another exciting night of high school football and the high school football blitz. our show case game of the week is a philadelphia showdown. george washington high school at northeast philadelphia high school. this is the game our viewers voted for. kickoff is at 6:30. count on nbc 10 to be there for all the excitement. nbc 10 will bring you highlights from this game and others along

with skylights from skyforce 10. they'll be taking off pretty soon. then tomorrow night, a full half hour of high school football highlights. nbc 10's high school football blitz would be tomorrow night at 10:00. let's get the friday night football forecast. >> nbc 10 first alert chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz is here to tell us what conditions will be for the players and the fans in the stand. >> it will be great weather for the football players. certainly no rain in the area. the closest shower is down in the delmarva. the temperatures are in the upper 60s to low 70s. it's not especially warm and certainly not humid. so the conditions are pretty good. bit on the cool side. at 5:00, 70 degrees. by 7:00, 68 and 9:00, 66. so the clouds will be around but

don't expect any kind of rain. i'll have the forecast for temple and the eagles and the rest of our seven-day forecast in just a few minutes. thank you, glenn. another taught owe call to tell you about, this one involving tens of thousands of vehicles. and a potential prescription breakthrough. here's what we're working on for nbc 10 news at 5:00. >> a university delaware of professor accused of offering high grades for sexual favors. and now students are stepping up. the philadelphia school district selling 11 properties. but see why not not getting the money they planned. count on nbc 10 news at 5:00.

an important recall, for anyone who drives a toyota. they are recalling 20,000 of its vehicles. certain lexus and toyota camera models as well as the highlander and ciena. the fuel delivery pipe may leak because it wasn't welded correctly. contact the dealer for repair. listen to this. a single dose of anç antidepressant may be able to predict who will respond well to a drug and who won't.

researchers studied the commonly prescribed drug lexapro. one dose boosted connectivity between the sayre bcerebellum a thalmus. they are coming by the thousands. >> all to see a golden performance by a horse named chrome. the horse about to make history on turf in our area before the race even begins. glenn "hurricane" schwartz. well, cool today but temperatures are going to climb for the final weekend of summer. 2014. and i'm tracking wet weather, too. get all the details, plus the eagles' outlook and my nbc 10 first alert seven-day forecast. all new tonight on nbc 10 news at 5:00, did the threat work? it's been a few days since evesham township started ordering property owners to fix up or pay up. nbc 10 checks back to see who's

complying. this is nbc 10 news.

this is nbc 10 news. a new jersey lawmaker wants to make it a crime to put a gps tracking device on a car without the owner's approval. assembly minority leader john bramnick says he didn't know it was legal until he got a call from a constituent. he said there would be exceptions, of course. parents would be allowed to track their children and the bill would not apply to police. now your nbc 10 first alert weather with chief meteorologist glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> well, our cool weather pattern continued today but that's the last of it because we

have some warmer weather. significantly warmer weather coming in over the weekend, the last weekend of summer. tracking some showers also before the weekend is over. and a dry stretch perhaps after that. so in some places we'll need that rain that might be coming. we have clouds in some of the area and sunshine in others. 71 degrees. that east wind has helped keep the temperature down during the day today. and it becomes a south wind tomorrow and a southwest wind on sunday. it's all about the wind direction. that's one of the most important things in weather forecasting. right now we have temperatures in the 60s across much of the area. only 66 in quakertown, 65 in doylestown and in trenton, 66 in mt. holly and cherry hill and washington township. that is cool for this time of the day at this time of the year, the average high is 77. 63 in ricetown.

there are more clouds there. 66 atlantic city airport and on the boardwalk. not going to be that cool tomorrow. in addition to the cool weather we have wind that's coming right in off the ocean as you can see. that east wind keeping the temperature down, bringing some moisture in as well. but once the wind shifts, and starts coming in out of the west, look what's coming our way. 87 in nashville. middle of the country. 90s. we're not going to get to 09 degre degrees but there's a piece of that warm air going to be coming here sunday. you can see some of the clouds, especially in burlington and ocean county. really, no rain anywhere around until you get down to salisbury, maryland. the showers that are going to be affecting us later in the weekend, they're still way, way up there in wisconsin and minnesota. our futurecast shows us one or two little blips coming in off

the ocean perhaps, later tonight or into tomorrow morning. isolated showers. some clouds coming up tomorrow afternoon. so it's not going to be a picture perfect day. it will be warmer than today, that's for sure. as we go into tomorrow night, could be another couple of isolated showers. the main thing is sunday, look at 1:00. sunshine. it will be in the 80s by then and the showers are a long way away, back to the west. it's going to take a while for the showers to get here. there's 8:00 sunday night and it's still getting to reading and allentown and may get into the i-95 corridor generally after 7:00 at night. on sunday. and not everybody is going to get rain out of that. once that goes through, we may get that a dry pattern here. for temple, looks dry. looks on the warmer side. decent for football weather, not especially humid either.

he'll be more humid on sunday and warmer than what we see on saturday. not exactly great football weather for the players but great for the fans. 84 degrees by 4:00. and then on monday, yes, that's when fall starts. 10:29 p.m. and it's going to start feeling like fall some more after this weekend. for tonight, mostly cloudy, 59 for the low in philadelphia. 51 north and west. not quite as cool as the last couple of nights because of the clouds. mix of clouds and sun tomorrow, warmer, high temperatures in the upper 70s. some places could touch 80 degrees. and then on sunday, yes, it's definitely warmer and the showers generally after 7:00 at night. windy and cool on monday. look how much cooler. and it's fairly cool next week but it also looks fairly dry. we'll watch the system to our south. it will have a lot of rain. right now it looks like it may

stay south and keep us dry all week. a pledge to serve the community and philadelphia city schools. today more than 200 volunteers with city year, kicked off opening day with a pep rally at south philadelphia high school. the nonprofit pairs volunteers with students through in-class tutoring, mentoring and after-school programs. comcast nbc universal, parent company of nbc 10, is a proud sponsor of this opening day. a delaware county senior citizens community is doing its part to fight the flu. nbc 10 at maris grove at glenn mills. staff and residents got their vaccines today. flu season typically starts in october. breaking news right now into nbc 10. that childhood respiratory we've been following for you is now in

nine more states for a total of 22 states altogether. as we reported this week, there were three pennsylvanias and one new jersey case. four people were treated at children's hospital of philadelphia. there are a dozen cases of sick kids in delaware but those cases have not been linked to enterovirus 68. the worst cases need life support for breathing difficulties. kids with asthma have been especially vulnerable. do deaths reported. can you feel it, the excitement, it's building? >> i think i can. creatures on two years scurrying to secrete yurs -- see creature four legs. >> the money and mania, all coming to town.

big crowds is expected for tomorrow's pennsylvania derby. one of the reasons, california chrome. it will be the first time a kentucky derby winner will be featured at the pennsylvania derby. >> the derby will be held tomorrow afternoon at parks casino in bensalem. some of the other excitement starts early. gates open at 10:00 in the morning. matt delucia is live at parks. >> matt, you've been talking to people who have traveled quite a distance for tomorrow's race. >> it may be the pennsylvania derby but it's drawing national attention. some people are here from as far away as california to see california chrome. >> california chrome has won the

preakness! >> reporter: three months ago, this horse was the talk of racing. >> this time i said i'm coming here. >> reporter: doris is one of california chrome's loyal followers. she came from cleveland, ohio, to see him race at parks tomorrow. >> he is amazing. i love him. i watched him from when he first started. i kept following him. >> california chrome, reaching for the wire. >> reporter: california chrome won the kentucky derby and preakness stakes but missed out on the elusive triple couldn't with a loss at bell monday the. >> this is the first time in the history of the track that the reigning kentucky derby champion will race, be in the game to start of the pennsylvania derby. >> reporter: for you to be calling that race. >> i've been waiting 28 years to do something like this. >> reporter: for some area racing fans it brings back memories of another talented

horse. >> here is smarty jones. >> that was ten years ago. >> he did so much to energize the city. it's great that that energy is coming back for this race, just for california chrome. >> the national attention that he garner er iergarnered, the was over the moon with smarty. he was the first thing to put us on the map to be able to do what we're doing today. >> parks is expecting about 20,000 people here tomorrow which would be double the usual crowd for the pennsylvania derby, the winner of which gets $1 million. several people i spoke with today say they are putting money on the biggest name in racing this year. live in bensalem, matt delucia, nbc 10 news. >> a lot of excitement. see live coverage featuring california chrome, tomorrow afternoon at 4:positive on the comcast network. next on nbc 10 news at 5:00, breaking his silence -- >> nfl commissioner roger

goodell takes the blame for the how the league has handled multiple criminal investigations. how he plans to steer the sport back to recovery. an a look at weather with glenn "hurricane" schwartz. >> it's been cool all week. but just in time for the last weekend of summer, a warm change is coming. >> like the sound of that. school building for sale. 11 old schools will soon have new owners. but how much money the school district may walk away with may surprise you. that's next on nbc 10 news at 5:00. the usual?

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nbc 10 news starts now. unfortunately, over the past several weeks we have seen all too much of the nfl doing wrong. that starts with me. >> new developments this afternoon about the ongoing nfl scandal as commissioner roger goodell broke his silence and takes the blame for how the league handles criminal investigations involving several players. his focus now on doing his job right. >> that means transforming the allegheny's conduct policy for players and partnering with domestic violence prevention groups. nbc 10 national correspondent chris pallone has the latest. >> reporter: the nfl in full scale damage control mode over the growing controversy surrounding domestic violence